Machine for bookkeeping and the like



May 15, 1928. y 1,670,027

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T. E. ELlAssoN MACHINE FOR BQQKKEEPING AND THE LIKE May 15, 192s.

Filedma'y 3.- 1926: 4 sheets-sheet s 7 Cf/fassen May 15, 192s. 1,670,027

T. E. ELIASSCN MACHINE FOR BOOKKEEPINGV AND' THE LIKE Filed May 3, l1926 '4 l'Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented May 15, 1928.

i UNITED "sTTE TAGE ELIAS yiiLIAsso/N, E s'rocxrioLM, swEiiEia".l

MACHINE EOE BooKKEErINe Ann THE LIKE.

' V Appiicauon med 'May a'isaaseriai No. 106,517, and in :sweden may y1:3, i925.

, This invention'relates to a machine for book-keeping. and the like, adapted to be used in combination with a type-writing machine of anylmown kind. f v y The chief object vof the inventionl is to y simplify the booking 'operation and to simultaneously bring about an effective control. 1 `To this end the inventionl consists essentially inthe combination witha type-writing l0- machine of' a drum rotatable with relation thereto and supporting ay number of individually and intermittently rotatable rollers for carrying paper strips, meansfor rotating said rollers, means for holdinga band 'or leaf in placebetweensaid type-writing machine and said strips, and means forl displacing sa'd band or leaf with relationto said strips. f

In the accompanying drawings one form v of embodiment offa machineaccordingto the invention is shown. Fig. 11 is a side view of the machine,` vand Fig. 2 is atop view. vthereof. Figs. 3 and 4 show details on fanv 5 is a top view of part.` of the machine on an enlarged scale,y certain for the sake of n f, enlarged scale. Fig.

parts being broken awayk clearne'ss.

In Fig. 1 the dashed 'andldotted line 1 rep, comprising a movable( paper band wound about a rotary roller 2` resents the journal mounted in the` frame @tof the machine The band 1 is capable of being moved by' means of pairs of friction rollers 14 and 15 over the table 3 and the guides 4 to the other 3 -side of 'tlie'machine The band is lined and rovided with columns in the usual way. and, esides, divided into segments for later bind-k ing. v l 'i They one side of the machine,

keeping and the other book keeping, vided at the latter side `a rotary drum or cylinder 5 mounted in chine andturned by means of a hand wheel 12. The said. cylinder v5' is provided J along the circumferencewith equally spaced rollersV 6 and curved abutment plates 7, said rollers andplates being disposedin one or more jparallel rows, according parallel rows,

lin the form of embodiment shown 96 rollers 6 and a corresponding number of abutment `plates 7, and, consequently, the numberl of rollers andabutment plates, Y respectively, yof

all of the ree rows will amenait; to 2588,'rep2` vof movement caused bythe Figs. 2 andA 5, is adapted for the account-current-book' side for the ledgerand to this end there is pro-1` rying the journal the frame 24 of the ma-y 'writing machine 8 capable of being displace to Fig. 2 in three y each of said rows vcomprising lilac'hof saidl 'strips 11 runs overthe .correspendingy abutment plate ceiving roller 6. The ledger-book strips`11 vand their rollers 6 and 10 are arranged in groups;

veach of which comprises threeaccounts.v VThe rollers 6 and 10 of each` group are mounted on a plate sector17, said sectors beingapplied individually to ther drum 5 s0 asto be .capable of being removed independently ofl each other," thereby facilitatingthe removal and the insertion ofthejrollers kl() and the strips 11 and also of the .rollersi'6,

` when required,said rollers vrunning on'shafts 25 and 26, respectively secured to `saidsector `plates 17; The abutment plates 7, which run `:over the wholerwidth 'of the strips 11, are

turiiable .and'actuated by a` spring 13l tend-'ff ing lto hold the plate in thejposition'in'dicated at a yinFig. 3, i. e.v out'of engagement with the journal vleaf 1, Fig; '1."5 .Theroller 6 is provided withf'L ratchet wheely 18, 'and 7 andthe free' end f thereof is secured 'to the corresponding recooperating with said wheel aretwo pawls' i 19 and 20, the p'awl '19,

6, and' the pawl 20,

which is Vsecured to the ber preventing-the wheel v18 andltheroller 6 from lbeing turned opposite to thev direction drivingk member 19.` The abutmentplate 7 with thepawl 19 is turned against l, 13 by means of an arm 2'3 actuated by a lever 22fturnably mounted in the frame 24 andop.- erated by a pushfbutton21, clearly shown y which is integral with the 'abutment plate 7, serving as a driv- Vingmember for the wheel'lS and the roller the action .of the, Spring yLocatedy above the 'delivering roller Qfcar`Y 1 bandor leaf 1 is a typei d ion laterally lon a guide bar 9 securedutol the frame 24, so Athat thetype' writing"willbe the paperstrips 11 carried by the turnable 3o, Eig. 5. At the drumV 5 "is, a carbon leaf n y the accountLcurother lside yof the machine, rent side, the table 3 forms an abutmentfor j I the types of the machine.' Placedffabove the journal 1 at Athis side offthe'niacliine are 11@ cards or leaves,-aceQunt-currentleaves, and

plaeedbetween saidleaves and the journal 1- y .fledgerfaccount strips, y

stripsare-to`be removed-after certainperiods,

are Acarbon papers, so that the writing on the account-current leaf is copied on the ]ournal.

The book-keepingv operation takes place in the following mannerz`- f After the journal 1 has been the machine and theledger-strips have 'also beeninsertedin the rdrum 5 between the rollers 6 and IO and runningover the abutmentI ,plates l, the book-keeping is `prepare-d by w turning the drum, so that the free'end. o

`the lever 22 will be locatedin front of one i carried by-said roller Vof fthe arms 23 and, thus, the types ofthe `inglaccount roller 6, i. e. with the strijfll and the correspon ing abutment plate. Then the abutment plate 7 Y is fturnedupwards to the writing position lby .usliing the 'button Vv2l and simultaneously t e roller -is turned throughthe action of itheipaiw'l .19 4and theratchet wheel 18, causing Va winding up of the ycorrespon-ding ledger-strip `11 on the roller y6 to a degree corresponding to the turning angle., i. e. the

, 3UV- Y aken to its `initialspositon and simultaneouslyalso n f ,positionby means of theisp ringl13,.t`he roller` 6. with the ratchet wheel V1:8 being prevented tooth ,pitch of the wheel 1:8. The ledgerstrip 911, the intermediate copyingl paper and the journal. band 'l'lie close "toeach other and are held pressed yagainst the swung up abutment plate 7, an writing on the journal 1 is transcribed on -ftheledgenstrip 11. zAfter the booking 'has .placethe push button -2-1 is returned the ,abutment plate is returned to its initial fromturningbackwards by meansiof v'the ,pawl 20., .The .journal l is ythen moved forwards jby turning the friction ,roller 1'5, 'If

vthe writing isfto be proceeded on'the same account-strip 11, lthe same button 21 is again pushed down, causing the sameabutment p`late7 to fbeswung up to the working posiingly turned, and the "tonjfQlii's again pushed down. Tf afled'gerr .tion .andcausingthe said strip l141 to be ',furfther. wound -on the roller 6. Tf another ledger-.account strip 11 belonging to thesaine `Arow isto be used, the drum-5 is correspond- Y account strip lying for instanc'e'inthe inter- .mediate row is to be used,` the-drum 5 is turned'so as topresent 'the desired ledger- .account stripto the action ofthe typewriter f and, then,

the intermediate button. 2l is ',:pushed down, Vthe number of such buttons corresponding to the number of rows of When the :ledger thefdrum iis rmoved towards the account- ,currentside of the maehine, 'the Vshaft '16s carrying rthe 'drum being 'tothis end 'elongatedas apparentfrom Fig. 2. f

A The invention is not limited( to -the form of embodiment ofthe machine shown 1in the drawing andl described with relation-thereto, but the details may be constructively varied,

inserted into type-writer 8 `Will `meet with lthe correspond-y consequent'ly, lthe t `like, the combination with :above-mentioned butv without depart-ing from `the spirit ofj'the invention as set' forth in the annexed claims.

What I claim is1- 1 lr Imaimachtnetterbookekeeping and the like, the combination with a type writing machine of a 'drum rotatable withl relation thereto and supporting a number of individually and intermittently rotatable rollers carrying .paper strips, means for rotating -said rollers, means for holding a band or leaff'located between said type writing machine and said strips, placingsaid band or leaf with relation to saidstrips. r

f2. In .amacliinefor bookkeep'ing and the like, 'thel ycombination with a type writing Immihine of a drum rotatable with relation thereto .and supporting a num'b'er of indilvidually and'A intermittently rotatable r'o'l1 erscarrying paper strips,.'me`ans forr'o'tating sai-'d irollers, means lfor `holding a band or ,'leaf Vin place `-be'tween "said type writing-ma and means for "disfers, means yfor 'holding a band or 'lea`f in place y,between said type -writinginaehi'ne and lsaid strips, and means jfor `disjl'olacing lsaid band yor leaf with relation to said strips.`

"4. In :a (machine vfor book-keeping and the like, the combination with a type-'writing and means 'for distype writing machine of 'a drum rotatablev withrelati'on thereto and supporting a number of individually and intermitten'tl7 rota-table rollers carrying paper strips, means for rotating said rollers, means for holding a band or leafin `gp1ace lbetween said type writing machine and said strips, means for moving said strips individually toa writing position, and vmeans for 'displacing said band or leaf with relation to said Strips.

5. VIn a machine for book-:keeping andthe thereto and vsii-pport'i'ng twogroups of independently rotatablerollers. therollers of the one group' servingl as d'eliveri-ng'memf like, the combination wwith aftype-writing machine of a drum rotatable'with relation bers andthe rollers otftheother group "serving as Ireceiving 'm'eniber's for account 'strips,

means 'for intermittently rotating said rollers, `means for moving said ,strips individually to a writing position, 'andmeans 'for displacingsaid lband or leaf lwith relation y:to said strips.

6. In a machine for book-keeping andthe ers, the rollers of both of said groups being 10 I like, the combination with a type-writing divided into smaller groups supported by machine of a drum `rotatable with relation separate membersdetachably secured to said-v thereto and supporting two groups of indrum,'means for holding a band or lear` in 5 dependently rotatable rollers, the rollers of place between said type writing machine and the one group serving as delivering memsaid stripsand mea-nsffor displacing said 15 bers and the .rollers of the other group servband or leaf with relation to said Strips.

ing as receiving members for account strips, In testimony whereof I affix my signature. means for intermittently rotating said roll- `TAGE ELIAS ELIASSON. 

